Group to host Italian-American Authors Night
The Italian American Heritage Association of Greater Portsmouth is presenting a Local Italian-American Authors Night on May 14. The event is free and open to the public in the Levenson Room at the Portsmouth Public Library. A meet-the-authors reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the authors' presentations beginning at 7 p.m. ...
Jazz's Mario Pavone Draws On Boyhood Memories For His Sounds
By Owen McNally What the taste of a small rich cake called a madeleine was for triggering a famous flood of memories in French novelist Marcel Proust's classic "Remembrance of Things Past," the sound of the accordion is for the celebrated, Waterbury-born, avant-garde jazz composer/bassist and bandleader Mario Pavone in his latest, groundbr...
New Haven’s Italian-Americans boxed to live
By Erik Dobratz The Italian-Americans in Connecticut used their hands to build much of the state, but that's not all they used them for. Some of them "put them up' as prizefighters and made a lot of history. Branford High School social studies teacher and track coach Rich Biondi loves teaching and coaching, but boxing really...
Festa della Repubblica celebrated at Filippo Ristorante
Boston's Italian American community came together on May 31 to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Italy as a Republic. Rainy conditions shifted the annual celebrations from Christopher Columbus Park to Filippo Ristorante. Organized by the local COMITES chapter and the Federazione Associazioni Italiane e Italo-Americane New England, the Festa kicked...
Italian women share stories of strength in new book
by Lisa Backus Author Anthony Riccio spoke of his grandmother as a woman who was "4-foot-11" with "eyes as black a coal" when she gave her grandson the "you're in trouble look." "Those of us who had Italian grandmothers are blessed," he told a small crowd Saturday morning at the New Britain Public Library. His book, "Farms, Factories...
Milford fire chief is this year’s Italian-American of the Year
The Milford Columbus Committee has named its Italian-American of the Year and he is a face many will recognize from his two very different professions. Douglas A. Edo – Milford Fire Chief and a musician with a popular local band, will be named Milford's Italian-American of the Year for 2015 at the Annual Milford Columbus Committee Dinner Dance. &n...
Connecticut Lyric Opera, Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra to present ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ in area
by Allison Lindsay Connecticut Lyric Opera and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra have scheduled performances at five venues for the upcoming co-production of Gioachino Rossini's opera, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)." Rossini's famous two-act comic opera, The Barber of Seville, is a masterpiece of invent...
Southington Italian-American Festival to Donate Proceeds
by Dawn Miceli The sponsors of the annual Southington Italian-American Festival have selected Community Services and Southington Community Cultural Arts to be the recipients of proceeds from the festival. The festival, sponsored by the Sons of Italy and Southington UNICO, will take place July 24, 25 and 26 on Center Street. "...
Dante in Florence - Poetry, Dance and Music
Dante's Poetry in Italian and English - Marco Zanelli Medieval Dance - Chiara Durazzini & Emanuele CapoanoSolo by Ornella Iuorio Music by Renaissonics Click here for more details Sunday, June 7, 5:00 pm41 Hampshire St, Cambridge - (617)876-5160 Free Admission - Light Refreshments Source: Dante Alighie...
Holiday Concert with Micheal Castaldo and Marissa Famiglietti
The Mattatuck Museum (144 West Main St. Waterbury, CT 06702) is pleased to celebrate the holiday season with a concert featuring renowned tenor Micheal Castaldo and guest soprano Marissa Famiglietti on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Micheal Castaldo, a classical crossover tenor and light Italian opera singer, songwriter and composer,...
The essential red sauce: The Best Sunday Gravy, Italian-American style
by John Golden Several years ago when I set out to make the perfect red sauce—or Sunday gravy, which it's often called—I knew exactly where to look. That was to my good friend Steve Quattrucci. His family has long held sway in Portland food circles amongst the Italian-American community. Or as Quattrucci relates, "Memories from my...
When cooking Italian food, it’s OK to be ‘lazy’
By Catherine Smart Francesca Montillo thinks Italian cooking is for everyone. The Calabrian native, who has lived in the Boston area for 28 years, launched her business, Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures, last year to help the most novice cooks enjoy a taste of her homeland. She started teaching classes at adult education centers in Brookl...